Repeat after me. Newspaper ≠ journalism. Journalism ⊃ newspaper.
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Broadcast TV is losing viewers, too, as it seems the target audience is increasingly prone to time-shifted their way away from commercials, or just surf randomly through YouTube.
From what I see, the UK papers are also financially strapped, though I imagine the tabloids will stay profitable by becoming even more driven by celebrity, royalty and sleaze (if that’s possible).
A question I’ve been wondering: Does this trend hold true across the globe, or is it culturally-specific to mostly the US? I’d say television has as much to do with this trend as the internet, by the way. Are they next to go, or is the net next to be subsumed by the TV model?